Six films which try to answer the question 'What Makes a Good Teacher?'

"For some of us there is only the trying, the rest is not our business."
Sheila Lane is Headmistress of a Primary School in Deptford, South-East London. She knows the area like the back of her hand and loves it almost as much as teaching her children. Perhaps this is partly the secret of her success. Her relationship with the parents is one of equality and affection. With her children she is kind, enormously patient and incredibly hard working. She regards herself as a teacher first and a theorist second.